The Affordable Care Act established two new IRS reporting requirements regarding group health coverage offered to employees. Each new reporting rule requires a detailed report to be filed each year... Read More

Employee Designations Factors to Establish Full-Time Employee Status A new employee must be treated as a full-time employee for play-or-pay purposes if it is reasonable to assume that the employee... Read More

Obama Administration delays health insurance mandate for medium-sized employers For the second time since last year, the White House is giving certain employers a grace period before they must offer... Read More

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the annual Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) for retirement plans and related limitations for the 2013 tax year. Several of the following limits have changed... Read More

A key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) stipulates that insurance carriers must spend a cetain percentage – 85% on large groups and 80% on small... Read More

Beginning in tax year 2012 – and reportable on W-2s issued in early 2013 – employers will be required to provide their employees with the total cost of their group... Read More

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), health care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) will have a newly-imposed $2,500 maximum contribution limit effective January 1, 2013. Maximum contribution limits... Read More